You can try putting it off by switching majors or reducing your semester workload, but it’s inevitable – eventually you’ll collect enough passing grades to graduate. Our society views this sheet of paper as a marvelous accomplishment, but if you’re a slacker like me, it’s a kiss of death.
Why? Because college is a non-stop party w… Click to read more
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
By harmonleon
Jobs are important! They give you a sense of self-worth In this day-and-age, everyone is concerned with keeping their job, I would like to give tips on how to do the opposite. Yes, I’ve been part of the workforce, but unlike most of you, my goal was to get fired—faster than you can say ”401k.” See, there’s an art to getting fired; especially within 3 hours or fewer. So, here are a few job ground rules to get yourself off on a bad foot with a new employer.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
By COED Staff
So you’ve just graduated from school and, if you’re one of the lucky few, landed that first job. You’re ready to find success in life, love and everything in between. It all seems to be under control as you officially take on the responsibilities of a mature, young adult — except for the grooming errors lingering around from your teenage days. Old habits may die hard, but that doesn’t mean you can’t avoid social suicide by taking note of these top 10 common grooming mistakes.
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
By Lance Fuller
As the saying goes, “open mouth, insert foot.” If you’re lucky enough to land a job or internship in this economy, the last thing you would want to do is blow it on the first day. Read this list so you know what not to say on your first day of work.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
By COED Staff
There’s no one perfect resume, but you can do a few things to make yours stand out from the rest ‘in a good way. Please, no nudes. Oh, and a few things: edit, spell check and keep your layout consistent. Check out the tips after the jump!
Monday, August 16th, 2010
By lanceivar
The first day at a new job is typically a nerve racking combination of excitement, anxiety, and often, puke. You feel your stomach churning, trying to remember if the bathroom was down the hall to the left or down the hall to the right as you jump up and narrowly avoid knocking over the cute receptionist as you run through the corridor spewing chunks all down the wall. Or maybe not. But that is one way to screw up your first day at work.
Monday, June 14th, 2010
By COED Staff
So you graduated from college about a month ago and since then you’ve spent the entire time sitting on the couch, drinking warm frat beers, and friending all your professors on Facebook. Sure you’ve applied to a few jobs, but you probably haven’t heard anything back because you most likely made these 8 deadly mistakes and/or listed these 25 things that everyone knows don’t belong on a resume. Fix up your resume today so that tomorrow you can tell your parents that you’re looking for a job…and not be lying to them.
Monday, May 24th, 2010
By COED Staff
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
By mikesouther
This economy sucks. And you need to earn some money if you plan on ever buying that jet-pack you want. But why get a job when you can lounge around all summer playing videos games? You don’t need to get a job with a 401K and benefits to make some quick spending money. Here are a few tips to help all you unemployed bums out there make a bit of cash for your summer investments.
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
By COED Staff
Women who would have ordinarily never set foot in a strip club are now taking to the pole in never before seen numbers, as the failing economy makes finding work difficult. For you guys, that means your otherwise perfect girlfriends may now be having to do some very, um, questionable activities, just to pay her rent.
Monday, February 1st, 2010
By igorderysh
All of us want to spend as little time working as possible while making as much money as possible. There is a career for you: Freelancing.
Freelance writers, designers, consultants, and coders get to make their own hours, pick the jobs that they want to do, and decide how much money they want to make by how hard they’re willing to work. In some cases about… Click to read more
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
By COED Staff
• 9 Signs You’re About to Get Fired
• How Not To Ride A Kayak Off The High Dive
• The Newest NASCAR WAG
• What An Awesome Birthday!
• Your Favorite Summer Blockbuster Movie
• Rum in American History
Monday, June 29th, 2009
By COED Staff
For three years after college graduation, Daniel Seddiqui struggled to land a job. So he shifted gears and went after 50, one in each state, for one week apiece. It’s a tall order, made taller earlier this year when he worked at Universal Orlando as a stilt walker. The Florida theme park was his 33rd stop on the journey that began in August…
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
By COED Staff
A much smaller number of the college graduates this year will find jobs. That fact has been over examined in the press along with the fact that the long recession means that those graduates who do find jobs will get them at relatively low wages. Furthermore, those wages will stay low for the next several years while the economy recovers.
Though we’ve all heard that there are future employers, spouses, and murderers who are going to look us up on Facebook to stalk our past indiscretions, how many of us can truly say that our Facebooks are rated PG? While I remember myself painstakingly deleting every picture with the slightest reference of alcohol before I entered college…